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Monday, September 30, 2013

How to Help the Bartender Not Eff Up Your Order

Do bartenders ever get your drink order wrong? If yes, sorry- it happens. There’s good news here- you can do something about
it.

In this post I'm going to go over some dos and don’ts
when it comes to ordering at the bar. This will help the bartender give you
better service and get your drinks right.Unless you want to be one of those people the bartenders make fun of
later in the night…

You have to project.I.e., yell.This way we will clearly hear what you want and not have to ask a few
times.It will also stop the bartender
from hearing the wrong thing.

2)Don’t Spit When you Talk

Yes, people do this, especially
when talking loud.And you may be one of
them.A lot of times the bartender will
lean in a little so they can hear you better.However, this also can put them into spitting range.

Not only is it
gross, it’s distracting.So while you
are ordering and potentially spitting everywhere (mostly in and around our
face) we get distracted (by the spit) and don’t hear all of what you want.

Would you risk more spit in your eye to ask
what the order was again?Thought
not…

3)Know Your Order Ahead of Time

Has nothing to do with this post,
but it's what came up when I did
a Google Image search for "decisive"

Bartenders are under a lot of
pressure to serve everyone waiting quickly.If it’s busy and the bartender gets to you and you’re all, “ummm… uhhh…
I think…” or have to ask your friends standing behind you what they want, it’s pretty
fucking annoying.

When you finally do
get your order out, chances are we may be busy thinking that you’re a jackass
instead of all the way listening.So
please just have your order ready to go.

4)Say Your Order Once, All the Way Through

This is the most important
one.Along with the spitting one.

Again, has nothing to do with this
post but I had a hard time finding
pics for this article. And I think this
picture is awesome.

If you say your order all the way through,
then it’s pretty easy to remember and get right.Here’s an example of how the order a few
drinks the right way: “I’ll have one vodka soda, two vodka tonics, and two gin
and tonics”.Clear, right?Right!

DON’T:

-Pause in the middle

-Back up

-Repeat yourself

-Make changes mid-order

Doing this is effing
confusing.If you do this, we can mostly
just guess what and how many of what you actually want. We probably also forgot half of it.

So stop being that
guy/girl.

David

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4 comments:

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Know your customers. Make a point of arriving for your scheduled shift a half hour or so earlier than necessary and spend roughly half of this time casually taking in the bar's atmosphere. Walk around; start light conversations with the patrons (This will prove helpful when your shift starts. Visit Us

I think it is too bad activities for the Bartender . Bartender is also a human being they are not a animal. They are also our society people. So i should respect to the Bartender because they also serves us.